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TABLE H — continued. TOTAL COST of the LINES of TELEGRAPH, &c. — continued.

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Section of Line. Length « an °fL, Coat of Section 01earing Busll , Miles. Total Cost of Poles, including Delivery. Cost of Wire, Arms, Insulators, &c, including Carriage. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d Brought forward ... Fourth and Fifth Wires, Christchurch toDunedin, and Third and Fourth Wires, Dunedin to Bluff, completion of (79 miles double wire) ... Second Wire, 'Tokomairiro to Lawrence, 34 miles ... 3tago Heads Line Kaitangata Line Rangiora to Oxford 3utram Line Reefton to Westport Reefton to Westport, additional expenditure, 28 miles Blenheim to Tophouse Ihird Wire, Kelson to Greymouth, 200 miles ... Christchurch to Waitaki, reconstruction, 143 miles Christchurch to Greymouth, reconstruction, 176 miles Railway Wires, — Dunedin to Tokomairiro, 33 miles Hampden to Waitaki, 35 miles Winton to Lowthor *Canterbury ... 14 6 21 7 28 1,189" 17 0 6 15 0 199 9 5 150 12 0 20 0 0 345 10 6 184 16 2 663 14 10 151 4 8 602 7 0 514 19 0 2,115 12 6 405 11 2 37 8 5 174 15 3 73 6 10 197 7 5 55 0 6 502 17 7 194 1 8 1,219 18 10 539 3 7 137 6 1 374 0 2 139 19 1 95 14 11 92 4 4 636 1 10 247 4 4 808 8 8 1,095 6 9 194 14 6 894 5 11 398 2 1 956 17 2 298 9 6 2,931 3 5 963 0 0 4,343 9 5 13 17 : 5 14 I 63 17 I 66 7 1 45 11 : 42 12 ! 104 13 ! 34 7 li 72 7 ! "60 70 2 3 1,796 2 10 1,025 8 11 2,891 14 0 14 9 : 462 19 9 48 13 2 217 9 5 729 2 4 5 11 62 19 0 23 6 9 367 3 1 453 8 10 2 11 I 104 12 2 522 2 9 231 9 10 858 4 9 26 0 : "37 66 0 0 348 11 6 190 12 4 267 14 7 135 11 10 341 14 9 392 4 2 958 0 4 11 4 25 17 H Totals—South Island 1,861 19,769 11 11 59,219 11 3 47,411 9 2 55,999 4 3 182,399 16 7 98 0 uyell's Bay to Wellington Wellington to Patea Wellington to Masterton... Masterton to Castlepoint... Castlepoint to Porangahau Porangahau to Napier Napier to Tauranga Auckland to Alexandra ... Auckland to Newcastle, reconstruction, 70 miles (including new line from Hamilton to Cambridge, 12 miles) Mercer to Thames, including four towers for spanning Thames and Piako Rivers Second Wire from Napier to Tauranga, 200 miles Tauranga to Katikati Katikati to Grahamstown Ihird Wire from Auckland to Mercer, 40 miles Third Wire from Auckland to Grahamstown, 76 miles Third Wire from Wellington to Masterton, 60 miles; from Napier to Waipukurau, 42 miles... Grahamstown to Coromandel ... Patea to New Plymouth, 90 miles; less 28 miles not yet erected Onehunga to Junction, reconstruction, 5 miles ... Third Wire, Napier to Grahamstown, 270 miles 4 180 60 36 53 68 200 152 36 SO 43 12 67 18 6 264 4 6 22 15 1 176 9 4 74 0 0 153 18 6 793 19 9 123 5 0 4,647 12 7 2,362 10 0 2,459 15 6 9,404 12 6 1,393 14 6 2,158 8 10 31 17 0 1,041 3 0 2,521 19 5 104 6 0 2,315 9 5 839 4 4 388 18 6 722 18 6 918 9 8 5,763 13 7 841 15 9 1,386 13 10 2,607 9 1 530 5 9 1,461 8 6 57 15 0 3,062 11 9 2,357 6 3 1,287 9 1 1,105 16 10 1,252 10 2 5,767 18 5 3,256 0 0 1,453 3 8 1,492 7 5 880 11 1 1,266 0 10 1,482 15' 3 285 6 0 10,093 12 3 3,460 15 1 1,679 2 8 4,367 14 8 4,704 15 4 21,090 3 0 3,256 0 0 3,688 13 11 5,037 10 1 4,313 16 11 2,837 9 7 7,050 4 5 71 6 0 56 1 6 57 18 4 46 19 6 82 8 2 69 3 9 105 9 0 21 8 5 44 19 8 139 18 7 21 11 4 94 11 8 163 19 2 1,584." 1 3 234 0 9 383 18 5 617 19 2 15 9 0 173 1 6 816 9 7 1,136 6 11 2,125 18 0 27 19 5 146 17 6 188 17 2 1,020 11 10 1,356 6 6 13 5 10 30 1,108 13 6 605 6 3 414 6 9 2,076 12 0 4,204 18 6 140 3 3 62 4,026 17 10 1,144 11 3 2,002 5 9 7,173 14 10 1-115 14 1 40 5 0 4 6 0 36 19 10 81 10 10 16 6 2 37 18 8 3,680 10 4 1,844 11 4 5,563 0 4 20 12 0 Carried forward ... * The following railway lines, erected iy this department: — 1 Miles by the Provincial Government of Canterbury, have, since the date of the last report, bee en taken over Duusandel to Timaru Christchurch to Southbridge ... Christchurch to Amberley Rangiora to Oxford Rolleston to Sheffield 3fLine. Miles of Wire. I Miles of Line. Sd 2 ... 80 Horndon Junction to White Cliffs 12 32 Heathcote Valley to Lyttelton... 25 ... 34 Christchurch to Dunsandei 22 Christchurch to Lyttelton 28 I Heathcote Valley to Lyttelton ... 3 line now dismantled from Stony River, and new one substituted, Vliles of Wire. 12 If 25 3 lit